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Paramount Styles is an American indie rock band from New York formed by Scott McCloud, guitarist of Girls Against Boys.

Paramount Styles
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	Indie rock, alternative rock
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Cycle/Konkurrent
Members	Scott McCloud Alexis Fleisig
Website	paramountstyles.com

McCloud recorded the debut with Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), Richard Fortus (Guns N' Roses, The Psychedelic Furs) and some others. Live the band consisted of Alexis Fleisig, Geoff Sanoff (Edsel, Stratosphere) Simon Lenski (DAAU) playing cello, and Chris Smets (Star Club West) on lead guitar. In 2008, during the US tour John Schmersal (Enon) also participated as well as Geoff Sanoff, Jessica Billey, Michael Hampton and Julia Kent. In spring 2009, the band tours through Europe with guitarist CChhris 'The sound' Smet.

Discography

Studio albums

• Failure American Style, (2008, Cycle/Konkurrent)
• Heaven's Alright, (2010, Cycle/Konkurrent)
• Distant Karma, (2018, Silver Rocket)

Split Releases

• Start Burning 2 - Split 7 inch with Aran Epochal (2008, Silver Rocket)

References

• review in The Village Voice
• article on Pitchfork Media

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